† tapuln.

Etymology: Of uncertain origin: perhaps originally an error.

Obsolete.

A name applied by Hall (a1548) to some part of the body-armour; thence, by modern antiquaries taken as a name for the vertical central ridge of the breastplate.

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tapul1548

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xij One company had the plackard,..the tasses, the lamboys, the backpece the tapull, and the border of the curace all gylte. [ Meyrick Anc. Armour (1824) II. 258 commenting says ‘Perhaps the projecting edge perpendicularly along the cuirass, from the French taper, to strike’. Hence the following:]

1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 243 The breast-plate was still [reign of Hen. VIII] globose, but towards the end of this reign rose to an edge down the centre called the tapul—a revival of an old fashion.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ix. 155 A ridge (in England called the tapul) which divides the breast-plate and cuirass into two compartments, and is carried out to a point..over the middle of the body.

1870 C. C. Black tr. A. Demmin Weapons of War 226.

1896 E. J. Brett Anc. Arms & Armour Pl. 1.

1909 C. H. Ashdown Arms & Armour 283.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	tapul
释义	† tapuln. Etymology: Of uncertain origin: perhaps originally an error. Obsolete. A name applied by Hall (a1548) to some part of the body-armour; thence, by modern antiquaries taken as a name for the vertical central ridge of the breastplate. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > armour for front of body > breast-plate > part of tapul1548 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xij One company had the plackard,..the tasses, the lamboys, the backpece the tapull, and the border of the curace all gylte. [ Meyrick Anc. Armour (1824) II. 258 commenting says ‘Perhaps the projecting edge perpendicularly along the cuirass, from the French taper, to strike’. Hence the following:] 1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 243 The breast-plate was still [reign of Hen. VIII] globose, but towards the end of this reign rose to an edge down the centre called the tapul—a revival of an old fashion. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour ix. 155 A ridge (in England called the tapul) which divides the breast-plate and cuirass into two compartments, and is carried out to a point..over the middle of the body. 1870 C. C. Black tr. A. Demmin Weapons of War 226. 1896 E. J. Brett Anc. Arms & Armour Pl. 1. 1909 C. H. Ashdown Arms & Armour 283. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1548
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